Del Rio Golfer McKinney Beats Ex-Champion in First Round
Del Rio golfer Bud McKinney defeated defending champion Dennis Lavendar 2 up in the opening round of the Texas Amateur Golf Association tournament in Houston. McKinney, profiled by Raymond Deke, advanced from the Houston qualifiers after turning 164. The match showcased McKinney’s rising form as he competes in regional and state events over the past two years.
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del Rio
Houston
Bud McKinne
Dennis Lavendar
Texas Amateur Golf Associations
McKinneys
Raymond Deke
Ao de Rigen
Mexico
Dickson Aftc
McKinney
Vitary
del Taos
Billy Disch Club to Visit With Longhorns for June Games
Billy Disch's Texas Longhorns will play a three game series in De Rio June 6 7 and 8 as announced by Paul J Poag publicity manager Ralph Sellers business manager of the Cowboys arranged the engagement Guns and other teams may sign up after conferences planned by Sellers San Antonio chiropractors will play the Cowboys Saturday and Sunday School children admitted free Saturday Ladies were guests last week and Saturday is School Children's Day
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Billy Dtech
Texas University Longhorns
Paul J. Poag
Ralph Sellers
Ix Rin Cowboys
Sellers
Austin
de Rio
Cowboys
Arm Torn Off In Car Crash Near Knippa
Lassa of his arm in an automobile crash near Knippa leaves Paul Matison Caster hospital bound in Uvalde Texas. The 24 year old pharmacist at Station Hospital Kelly Field suffered a severed left arm when oil well casing from a passing truck struck him. Caster had a recent broken jaw and was recovering from that injury.
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Uvalde
Lassa
Paul Matison Caster
Knippa
Caster
Station Hospital
Kelly Field
Negro Orchestra to Play Final Dance at San Penpe Club
The last dance of the season at San Penpe Country Club will feature a Negro orchestra. Tom Miller, chairman of the committee in charge of Friday nights, announced an eight‑piece ensemble will play Turkish music to close the season.
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San Penpe Country Club
Tom Miller
Gol Mittec
Chub
Turish Music
McBride Predicts Little Conversion of West to Dryness
The Anti-Saloon League leader Scot McBride told a Washington committee that he has little hope of converting the western states to dry laws. He noted no Rockefeller gifts since 1926 and said Funk and Wagnalls and Henry Ford stopped support, with only a $1,000 gift attributed to Ford years ago.
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Washington
Muali
Scot McBride
Bobby
West
Johan
Rockefeller
Anti- Saloon League
McBride
Funk and Wagnalls
Henry Ford
We League
Texan Given Papal Knighthood by Pope Pius XI
Joseph Ignatius Driscoll of El Paso becomes the first Texan named Knight of Saint Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XI. The honor was announced at the opening session of the 27th State convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Angelo. Driscoll founded the Texas Historical Commission and prior to El Paso served as a clerk to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth District.
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Joseph Ignatius Driscoll
West Texas
Rio
Saint Gregory the Great
Pius
Baltimore
That City
Pome
el Paso
Court of Civil Appeals
The
Texas Historical Commission
Methodist Episcopal Bishop Kern Visited Del Rio
Dr Paul B Kern of San Antonio was elected to the college of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church South on Tuesday and spent several days in Del Rio on a fishing trip. He was accompanied by Dr L A Spellmann of Uvalde Rev Charles Nixor and Stanford Payne of Del Rio. Kern pastors Travis Park Church in San Antonio. Arthur J Moore of Birmingham also was named a bishop.
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Paul B. Kern
San Antonio
College of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
del Rio
Kern
L. A. Spellmann
Uvalde
Charles Nixor
Stanford Payne
Doctor Kern
Travis Park
Arthur J. Moore
Birmingham
San Antonio school board names Bankhead principal at Del Rio and Central schools
The San Antonio board selected M. Bankhead to chair the Del Rio Junior Tech School and Central Elementary School next year. He will also serve as principal of both campuses housed in the present high school facility. Several teachers were re elected or appointed to new positions as the district reorganizes. San Antonio reports a population of 254 562, ranking third in Texas behind Houston and Dallas.
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M. Bankhead
del Rio
Central Elementary
Validimr
Bankhead
Central Momentary
Anb Anthony
Uiheletion
Wea
Schweie
Roy M. Andrews
Anthony Will Renm
Brockman
Katherine Campbell
W. P. Grisham
W H Grande
J.C Nella
Rot. Rogers
Catherine Twitchell
North Heights
M. R. Nelson
West End
Marie Plores
Mabel Hopkins
Annie Stinson
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Houston
Dallas
Tramp Hurt On Pence As Dog Gives Chase
A trespasser at the De La Fuente home in North Heights was bitten by a dog in the yard after climbing over a fence. He suffered minor injuries while trying to escape the dog and was taken for medical attention though he later disappeared from a Main Street location. Police considered him a transient and hoped for his return.
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de la Fuente
North Heights
Blanton Close Victory Over Mrs Lee in Texas Congress Race
With most returns in Thomas L Blanton leads Mrs Lee in the Seventeenth Texas district. Early tallies show Blanton 8105 votes to Lees 6322 as Mrs Lee concedes after trailing by more than a thousand votes. Only a few light boxes remained to report.
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Cisco
R. Lee
Thomas L. Blanton
Congress
Texas
Blanton
Lee
Soviet Oil Expert's Death in Wichita Hotel
Soviet oil engineer V. Hatchatouroff, 37, employed by the Government Oil Company of Soviet Russia, shot himself in a Wichita hotel. He left two notes in Russian, and investigators sought a linguist to translate them to determine the motive.
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Wichita, Kans
V. A Hatchatouroff
Government Oil Company
Soviet Russia
Golf Prize Ceremony Tonight At San Felipe Country Club
Prizes from the poll tournament held at San Felipe Country Club will be presented this evening at 8 o clock. Club members and golf enthusiasts are invited to attend as Aspetal will be part of the program and moving pictures of golfers will be shown for guest entertainment.
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San Felipe Country Club
Aspetal Our
Bus company talks new through-service from Del Rio to Alpine
Bus operators discussed a tentative through service from Del Rio to Alpine connecting with Pecos and Rio Grande and Mexican Border buses via Alpine and El Paso. Represented lines include Pecos and Rio Grande, Border Bus Line, Mexican Border Coaches, and Old Spanish Trail Coaches with joint rates planned across Texas and New Mexico.
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Celysilales
Laiedo
Pacific Coast
del Pac
West Texas
Big Bend
Pecos
Rio Grande
Alpine
van Horn
Ray Baggent
del Rio
J. C. Russell
J. B. Lee
Border Bus
Eagle Pass
Jim Lane
Alpine Rriving
Motor Transportation Division
Texas State Railroad Commission
Old Spanish Trail Cooches, Inc
Southland Greyhound Lines, Inc
Painter Bus Lines, Inc
Laredo
el Paso
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Lindbergh’s Flight Turned Three Today in New York
A May 21 note marks three years since Charles A. Lindbergh’s solo Ryan monoplane crossing from Roosevelt Field to Le Bourget field, a 3,610 mile flight that launched international fame. It recalls his wedding to Anne Morrow, new glider tests, and a 14 hour 45 minute record flight Los Angeles to New York.
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Anne Spencer Morrow
Mexico
Dwight Morrow
Lindbergh
Los Angeles
New York
Wichita
Kan
California
Frank Hawks
Panama
Buenos Aires
Miami
Havana
Caribbean Sea
Honduras
Cristobal
Canal Zone
County Democrats Ease Bolter Bar In Val Verde Primary
Val Verde County Democratic Executive Committee members approve eligibility for Hoover voters to run on the Democratic ticket. The panel cites 13 voting precincts with appointed judges for the primary and lists officials at courthouse Graf Hotel Juno Comstock Langtry Vinegarone high school and other locations.
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Val Verde
Democratic County Executive Committee
Hoover
F. M. Rose
Courthouse
Lloyd Stanley
Graf Hotel
R. M. Lyles
Double Tanks
Dave Cooper
Juno
S. A. Coose
Comstock
T. R. Smith
Langtry
Ike Billings
Vinegarone
H. K. Fawcett
Pandale
H. J. ¥. Mills
San Felipe
J. B. Rubio Sr
City Hall
Stevenson
Madison Lumber Yard
Suwahl
Ranger Camp
Ben F. Foster
Coahuila Studies Tax Cut To Aid Industry Growth
Governor Nazario Ortiz Garza of Coahuila said a 20 to 25 percent tax cut on industry is under study as the state pursues investment and development. He noted 5 000 090 pesos invested in new industries, highway plans costing 1 700 000 pesos, and a 3 800 000 peso general budget with 1 304 000 for instruction.
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Coahhuila
Nazario Ortiz Garza
San Antonio
Austin
Matamoros
Mazatlan
Torreon
Hipolito
Saltillo
Los Muertos
Lagunera
Piedras Neveias
Saltillo-Diamante
Saltillo- la Boca
Ortiz Garza
Livestock Receipts Rise at Kansas City Market
Sheep receipts reached 7,000 on Wednesday with fed lambs and native springers 15 to 25 cents higher. Odd lots were steady as wool sheep and clippers sold around 10 dollars and 9.50 to 9.65 dollars respectively.
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Kansas City
Stockton Rodeo And Barbecue Set For June 14 15
Fort Stockton will hold its sixth annual barbecue and rodeo on June 14 and 15. The event draws hundreds of West Texans, including a timber from Del Rio, with details received from W. R. McKay of Fort Stockton.
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Fort Stockton
W. R. McKay
del Rio
Pour Concrete for Foundation of New School
Del Hio's new high school, valued at 100,900 dollars, is being built on a rock caliche foundation. Concrete is poured for footings six to seven feet below ground with 11 feet footing depth specified. Excavations encountered shale, water, and caliche as work progresses.
Better Roads Connect Piedras Negras to Allende and Beyond
Road improvements extend from Piedras Negras to Allende and Sabinas, with Del Rio to Eagle Pass and Piedras Negras now linked by enhanced routes. The census shows Piedras Negras with about 25 000 residents, underscoring its growing regional importance.
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del Rio
Allende
Fagle Pax
Piedras Negras
Allene
Eagle Pass
Sabinas
Moncloya
More Wool Sold In San Angelo
Wool Growers Central Storage Co. sold 122 966 pounds to four Boston dealers today in San Angelo. Buyers were J. J. Walker P. J. Solis Tom Thatcher and B. J. Harlow. Top price reported at 27 cents a pound.
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San Angelo
Wool Growers Central Storage Company
Boston
J. J. Walker
P. J. Solis
Tom Thatcher
B. J. Harlow
City to Install New Lighting System in Del Rio
Central Power and Light Company to install a complete new street lighting system in Del Rio at an estimated cost of 549000. The city will spend 600 to 700 per month for lights, with 48 curbside standard 400 candlepower lights plus 30 of 250 and 92 of 100 candlepower lights. Work to begin in 10 to 14 days, with full removal of the old wiring and system.
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Central Power and Light Company
del Rio
Sam HH. Walk
Jnc. Y. Long
Strickland Street
Southern Pacific
Main Street
Long
Mayer Long
Waco Contractor Wins School Desk Refinish Job in Del Rio
MT Johnson of Waco won a contract Tuesday night to refinish about 1 000 school desks at 1.80 each, plus plans for new desks at 6 1 40. The work includes refinishing oak chairs at Central Kiewnenary School auditorium, with a portable motorized workshop to be sent to Del Rio. Other contractors on the job include PM Vashinder, Melinnon, Pressel Sash, and Ben Antonio.
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MT Johnson
Waco
Omar'e
del Rio
Kiewnenary School
PM. Vashinder
P. B
Melinnon
Pressel Sash
Ben Antonio
Del Rio Area Weather Report Tonight Through Thursday
Weather outlook mostly fair for Del Rio and nearby areas with tonight and Thursday generally clear. Yesterday’s high reached 90 degrees and the low dropped to 70 with variable cloudiness in North and South regions and partly cloudy skies tonight.
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del Rio
West Texas
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Inez Gilstrap
Mary Will Greenwood
Helen Carstarphen
Orlena Fowler
Leona Rogers
W. Kessier
Arthur Reinhart
Janie Micou
Ruth Stanley
Katy King
Otho MacLaughlin
Mildred Watts
Erverc Flowlett
Julia Jones
Carparson
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